Life has been crazy here in SLO (San Louis Obispo). So, I'll explain mission leadership as far as I know. (it's only been 6 days since I've been a zone leader). The mission is divided into 8 zones and each zone is divided into 2 or 3 districts. Each district has 6-12 missionaries (3-6 companionships). District Leaders are responsible for the missionaries in their district. They plan and conduct district meetings on Thursdays and they help solve conflicts (if there are any) in their district. District Leaders collect "key indicator" numbers every week and report them to the Zone Leaders. Zone Leaders authorize travel within the zone (outside of the missionaries' districts); we collect numbers from the district leaders every Saturday; we hold District Leader Councils; we solve bigger conflicts (there haven't been any); we go on exchanges (24-hour companion changes for training purposes) with the District Leaders and companions, we come up with zone goals; we got to MLC (Missionary Leadership Council) once a month; and we go on exchanges with the Assistants to the President! Wow! That was a handful of responsibilities in addition to being a good leader, example and missionary. It's been exciting. My follow-up trainer, Elder Walker, is a District Leader in "my" zone.
My first time in a YSA (Young Single Adult) ward was a new experience. It's a bit odd being a missionary to people my age and return missionaries, but they really like us. The ward isn't very big - probably 20 people there this week. Lots of them are moving for the summer too, so our member resources are going to be low.
We did one hour of service this week. There were lots of people moving because college is out, but not many people let us help. That's okay. We have some planned service next week.
FYI: the weather is beautiful.
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